questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to expedite the introduction of newborn spinal muscular atrophy screenings.
answerText: In June 2023, the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) recommended that a modelling study be carried out alongside an in-service evaluation of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) screening in the National Health Service. Around 70 babies a year are born wit...
heading: Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Screening